President Barack Obama will sign legislation imposing new economic sanctions on Russia, the White House said Tuesday, as the U.S. claimed some credit for sparking Moscow’s roiling currency crisis and moved to deepen the pain.Still, White House officials acknowledged there were no guarantees Russia’s economic woes and another round of sanctions would compel President Vladimir Putin to curtail aggressive actions in Ukraine. The Russian economy has been in a downward spiral for months, but Putin has managed to maintain political support at home.”The aim is to sharpen the choice he faces,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said of the sanctions. …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
